WASHINGTON -- Americans are proving yet again that they are a generous people. They have contributed more than $1.2 billion to aid the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
This kind of aid is far more likely to meet real human needs than will pork-barrel government grants. But in their rush to help their fellow citizens, Americans shouldn't forget others who are need.
Although many of us in the United States and elsewhere live in a world filled with exploding opportunities and dazzling futures, not everyone is so lucky. Indeed, the poor overseas remain the most at risk, especially when forgotten by the rest of us.